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Overview
What you will study
Consent and capacity issues have long intersected with wills and estates practice, and lawyers are increasingly called upon to make difficult judgment calls involving these matters. As a lawyer, you need a clear understanding of your duties and obligations – both to protect yourself, and your clients.
The Managing Consent and Capacity Issues in Wills and Estates Practice course offered by York University will provide you with a unique combination of insight from both legal and medical perspectives. You will learn practical takeaway points and checklists that can be implemented immediately in your practice.
Programme Structure
The program focuses on:
- Evaluating capacity
- What are the red flags?
- Understanding your obligations to ask probing questions
- Assessing whether your client has capacity to give instructions
- When should you refuse to take the retainer
- What do you do when capacity changes during the course of the retainer?
- How do clinicians assess cognition?
- Role of section 3 counsel in Substitute Decisions Act proceedings
- Dealing with incapacity issues
- Borderline capacity issues regarding wills and powers of attorney
- Joint retainer rule regarding wills and subsequent incapacity of one of the parties
- When and how to request formal assessments of capacity
- Understanding the Health Care Consent Act
- What is informed consent?
- What is capacity under the Health Care Consent Act?
- Who evaluates capacity under the Health Care Consent Act and when?
- Identification of the substitute decision-maker under the Health Care Consent Act
- End of life decision-making under the Health Care Consent Act
Key information
Duration
- Part-time
- 1 days
Start dates & application deadlines
- StartingApply anytime.
Language
English
Delivered
Online
Campus Location
- Toronto, Canada
Disciplines
Legal Studies View 11 other Short Courses in Legal Studies in CanadaWhat students do after studying
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Academic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
- Lawyers practicing or wishing to practice in wills and estates
Tuition Fees
Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.
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International Applies to you
Applies to youNon-residents420 CAD / full≈ 420 CAD / full -
Domestic Applies to you
Applies to youCitizens or residents420 CAD / full≈ 420 CAD / full
Funding
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